Close association between geriatric functional ability and economic status in developing and developed countries [9]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1448-1449

  Okumiya, Kiyohito ^a   Wada, Taizo ^a   Ishine, Masayuki ^a   Sakagami, Teiji ^a   Mizuno, Kosuke ^a   Rambo, Terry Arther ^a   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; LETTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 25144507543     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53433_9.x     Document Type: Letter

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